Rover Haven logo sketches
2013July

Rover Haven logo ideation

The owner of Rover Haven, a fine watch strap maker, came to me looking for a new logo to expand his online presence. This project is currently in progress.

  • Pencil on paper
  • Photoshop 6
Physician accountability dashboard
2013April

Physician accountability dashboard

A health care organization (name changed for privacy) wanted to bring their physician reporting system into the modern era. My task was to create an artifact envisioning what such a modern, web-based dashboard might look like.

  • Photoshop 6
  • HighCharts
  • PlaceIt by Breezi
Design funnel infographic
2013April

Design funnel infographic

As an educational artifact to be used in blog posts, conference talks, and on a poster, my employer asked for a visualization of the “design funnel” described in The Design of Business by Roger Martin.

  • Pencil & paper
  • Wacom tablet
  • Photoshop 6
BlackJack game interface
2013January

BlackJack game interface

New hires at my company traditionally complete a "bootcamp" project which consists of programming a fully functional BlackJack game. I was the first to complete the project from a design perspective, so instead of building a functional BlackJack program, I designed an interface and then built a scripted, browser-based demo.

  • Photoshop 6
  • Wacom tablet
  • HAML/SCSS via Middleman
  • jQuery
Flowers company brand
2012December

Brand portfolio for “Flowers” company

The creativity exercise was to construct a logo for the imaginary company Flowers, Inc. I then expanded this into a sample business card and letterhead.

  • Illustrator 6
On The Path Yoga site
2012December

On The Path Yoga site

A local yoga business wanted to upgrade the look of their website. In addition to creating new mockups, I also built the site with responsive functionality and dynamically loaded front-page information.

  • Photoshop 6
  • PHP
  • Zend Framework
Writers' Club site
2012October

Writers' Club site

As practice and a gift to a society I love, I mocked up a website + blog for the Grand Valley Writers’ Club. I then implemented the site using HTML/CSS and a customized Blogspot template.

  • Photoshop 5
  • HTML5/CSS3
  • Blogger
Running Out of Ink plugger 1
Running Out of Ink plugger 2
2010November

Running Out of Ink

These call-for-submission pluggers were distributed with the previous year's publication and wherever the Writers' Club members could find people who would take them.

  • The GIMP
Advanced Coffee Service site
2010July

Advanced Coffee Service site

A local, family-owned coffee service wanted a simple three-page informational site to create an online presence for their company. This was a paid project.

  • Illustrator 4
  • The GIMP
  • HTML/CSS
Classics Society T-shirt design
2010April

Classics Society T-shirt design

For lovers of Greek and Roman classics at Grand Valley, I created a design utilizing the first two lines from each of the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Aeneid.

  • Illustrator 4